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Today’s post begins a multi-part Flightdeck Friday – Red Star Edition series on the Tu-22M Backfire. We’ll look at the Tu-22 Blinder, the rootstock for the Backfire, the controversy it engendered at the height of the Cold War and SALT II nuclear arms limitation talks and eventually move to the version many of our readers…

What We’re Reading – And Why
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What We’re Reading – And Why

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A quick look at the sidebar will reveal a variety and number of books read over the course of the past year, oft times engendering discussions off-site as to selections and purpose.  Looking at the current working stack on my desk, I thought I’d take this opportunity to talk to why these particular selections.  Understanding…

♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫
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♫♬ Oh When the Drone is Called Up Yonder… ♬♫

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♫♬…When the Drone is Called Up Yonder I’ll be There…♬♫ (with apologies to James M. Black)  😀 First the news and a congratulatory note to the Navy-Industry team behind today’s launch of the X-47B off the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77): Of course, as any end-of-deployment flyoff crew knows, it is a heck of…

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Flightdeck Friday: Implementing the Maritime Strategy-Quantity vs Quality (II) CV OPS

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So the discussion earlier this week revolved around quantity vs quality and used as an argument in favor of quality that the Navy in the 1920’s and 30’s chose to press technology (and hence chose quality) over quantity (maintaining a large force structure), developing the tools, tactics and laying the groundwork for success in the…